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A model ferromagnetic semiconductor

Nitin Samarth has extensive experience in studying the properties of (Ga,Mn)As. He told Nature Materials about the role that this compound has had in exploring the magnetic properties of semiconductors and, more generally, of spin-related phenomena.

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Pulizzi, F. A model ferromagnetic semiconductor. Nature Mater 9, 955–956 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2908

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